Birthday celebrations and a quilt

 I would like to get excited about my birthday this year but it is a shock to realise how old I am!!! I do feel blessed as I have good health and lovely friends and family so mustn't complain at all!! The night and morning stitchers took me out on Tuesday to the Hyatt for high tea. It was so special. Thank you dear friends.

Yesterday was our normal lunch for the study group. It was lovely to share a birthday song and cake with Linley.

I was also spoilt with a gorgeous cake on Wednesday afternoon. Thank you Paddy. It was delicious even without the raspberries and cream! 

I have always wanted a quilt cupboard as they have been hiding away in the linen press. We got a quote for a timber one and then discovered this one at Ikea. Perfect size and price. Great birthday gift.

Finally after many years, Fairy Kisses is finished! It is a bit sad that I take so long to make things!!

Quilts...

 Over the last few weeks I have been busy binding some quilts. I am also slowly hand quilting my Stitch Therapy 365 quilt. Here is the Simple life all bound and labelled.

This is the United Stitches quilt all bound and labelled.

I am now binding my very old project, Fairy Kisses.

Om Wednesday night, Margaret brought her beautiful quilt to show us. It is Natalie Birds' Willlowbrook Farm BOM. It looks so lovely. Here are some sections as it was too hard to get a picture of the whole quilt.

She even used some scraps in the pieced back.

Hi from isolation

Hasn't it been a crazy week? I always like staying home but this is ridiculous! I am so missing my social events. Thankfully we have social media to keep us in touch. We have even had church online with Zoom! We do live in amazing times. I have found it hard to get motivated and seem to take so long to get going on these days of plenty of time! I have been working on some of my projects. The top border of Fairy Kisses is done and I have started the bottom one.

 This stitchery label came with the BOM and it is ready for when the quilt is finished. Note the start date of 2004!

 I have been meaning to crochet another dishcloth. Here it is.

 I have also started a sleeveless jacket for Miss Alice. This is the In Threes pattern, which I have made several times before.

 Couldn't resist this free Moda Village pattern. I am planning to do it with only scraps if possible.

 My hexi flowers have all been hand pieced. I placed them roughly on the sewing room floor to see how they look. I have some aqua fabric to use in between the flowers, which I hope will look OK.

Hope you are all enjoying some quality stitching time in these difficult times. We are not even seeing the grandchildren now which is hard!

Quilts etc

It was very exciting last week to pick up 4 quilts from the quilter! So good to be getting some of these older projects finished. I had Here, There and Everywhere basted for hand quilting. The other three were the Splendid Sampler, Teddies Garden Treasures and the baby quilt I stitched in 2005! The last, Golden slumbers, is a lovely pattern by the late Vivian Robinson.

 This one is Teddy's Garden Treasures designed by Libby Richardson. The stitching was done on time in 2006. This week I have bound it and made a label.

 Here is Golden Slumbers. I am working on the label now. I even pieced the back.

 Finally I am still slowly working on Fairy Kisses.

 We enjoyed a lovely stitching night at Maree's recently. She has been busy and has finished all of these great projects.

A gift, some progress and birds

Lovely to catch up with Fiona this week and to receive this beautiful early birthday gift. I just love this special tin with tricky hardanger on the top and the piece of liberty fabric too.

 I have been slowly working on my old UFO, Fairy Kisses, by Helen Stubbings.

 Bruce took some lovely pictures of these birds recently.